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government programs like medicare. it is the austerity cross hairs. the ceo of the new york presbyterian hospital is with us. give me your concerns or feelings as we approach this fiscal cliff. do you think we'll get a deal done, or are you anticipating we go over the cliff? >> we're americans. we have to get a deal done. this is really important, and it's important for health care. at some point in time, we're going to have to come to grips with the fact there's got to be revenue. you have to have some rate increases, in my opinion. charitable deductions are a non-starter for us. that's a big issue. universities, hospitals, we depend on charity and charitable donations. >> let's stop right there because i want to take one part at a time. the charitable deductions, this is one of those deductions within the tax code that's being debated. that and as well the mortgage deduction. you think that if that incentive to give money away, that incentive to help hospitals, health care, you think people will give less? >> i know
government programs like medicare. it is the austerity cross hairs. the ceo of the new york presbyterian hospital is with us. give me your concerns or feelings as we approach this fiscal cliff. do you think we'll get a deal done, or are you anticipating we go over the cliff? >> we're americans. we have to get a deal done. this is really important, and it's important for health care. at some point in time, we're going to have to come to grips with the fact there's got to be revenue. you...
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we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute. the reason we're not making progress, let me tell you -- and i've been consistent on this. they're bringing these numbers up in secret. if they were laid out in public so the american people knew just how much taxes they were increasing, just how little spending reductions -- or how much increases in spending. as a political mover, very effective at being able to hide the net impact of his plan and ride this general good feeling of his election. it's not a healthy situation politically. we've got to do the right thing for the country. >> all right, senator. i was really struck
we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute....
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as the government tries to figure out how to implement this, how industry then tries to react. i mean, it's going to be a blood bath for most of 2013. >> well, let me ask you this, because, you know, we talk so much about the layoff part of this story. what about the security of the united states, is that at risk? tell us about the security and how programs or missions around the world get impacted. >> well, i think that -- i'm glad you turned to that because that's exactly the point. national security will be affected, high terrific will be affected. it's it's the federal deficit. it's the federal debt, which is a huge risk for national security. right now the defense department has taken, as i said, about can half a trillion dollars of deduction in the first round but the strategy aligns to the point we can meet national security objectives and still accomplish or make though cuts. if you start putting another half a trillion on top of, that you shatter the strategy. and then national security has to be free thought. i propose we need more of a fiscal stairstep reduction so t
as the government tries to figure out how to implement this, how industry then tries to react. i mean, it's going to be a blood bath for most of 2013. >> well, let me ask you this, because, you know, we talk so much about the layoff part of this story. what about the security of the united states, is that at risk? tell us about the security and how programs or missions around the world get impacted. >> well, i think that -- i'm glad you turned to that because that's exactly the...
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too little government spending at the federal, state, and local level. too little spending because of deleveraging and too little residential investment because we still have an unresolved housing situation, unresolved housing crisis for many americans facing foreclosure. those are all cyclical issues. i actually think we could, with the right set of policies, grow more quickly. do i think longer term we need tax reform? yes, we probably do, but by the way, right now we have the lowest taxes as a share of gdp in recent history, in modern history. we have profits as a share of gdp, profits as a share of national income at a historic high. this is not for want of having tax relief in the economy. it's for want of having spending in the economy. >> very good. good to hear from you again, laura. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. have a great weekend. >>> as if you needed another reason to worry about your 401(k), changes could be coming that you need to know about and you cannot afford to miss it next. >>> also, u
too little government spending at the federal, state, and local level. too little spending because of deleveraging and too little residential investment because we still have an unresolved housing situation, unresolved housing crisis for many americans facing foreclosure. those are all cyclical issues. i actually think we could, with the right set of policies, grow more quickly. do i think longer term we need tax reform? yes, we probably do, but by the way, right now we have the lowest taxes as...
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it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the hungry sharks. >> so first of all, dan, the fact that it's not my money, that's an argument about any taxation. i know folks would love to bring the tax rates to 0 for everything. the real world, whee government actually has to do things, defend the country, pay for social insurance, things that people care about, education, infrastructure, we need to collect revenue. when you are talking about collecting revenue from the top .2% of the wealthiest estates, folks whose capital gains, unlike you just said, folks whose capital gains h
it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the...